Af Sam Banda Junior, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
Malawi has increased the marriage age from 15 to 16 years. This came after the country’s Parliament amended the Constitution. A Clause 9 in the Constitution (Amendment) Bill in the southern African nation passed in the Malawi Parliament with over two thirds majority voting in support.
But some Members of Parliament from both the government and opposition side are said to have quashed the bill before it went through. The MPs suggested that the marriage age be pegged at 18 or 21 and called on the country’s Minister of Justice to consider that.
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